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Job burnout

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posted on 2001-01-01, 00:00 authored by C Maslach, W B Schaufeli, Michael Leiter
Burnout is a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job, and is defined by the three dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy. The past 25 years of research has established the complexity of the construct, and places the individual stress experience within a larger organizational context of people's relation to their work. Recently, the work on burnout has expanded internationally and has led to new conceptual models. The focus on engagement, the positive antithesis of burnout, promises to yield new perspectives on interventions to alleviate burnout. The social focus of burnout, the solid research basis concerning the syndrome, and its specific ties to the work domain make a distinct and valuable contribution to people's health and well-being.

History

Journal

Annual review of psychology

Volume

52

Pagination

397 - 422

Publisher

Annual Reviews

Location

Palo Alto, Calif.

ISSN

0066-4308

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2001, Annual Reviews